Recent persistent power cuts in South Africa have seen many households and businesses turn to alternate energy sources, including solar energy, as a means of power continuity. However, solar kits don't come cheap. The average buyer in South Africa will have to spend a...

People with disabilities (PwDs) can play an invaluable role in South Africa's Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) while carving out a rewarding career for themselves in the country's thriving ICT sector, according to Prudence Mabitsela, co-founder and MD of training...

Travellers in South Africa are becoming increasingly digitally dependent when it comes to planning, booking and experiencing travel. According to Travelport's Global Digital Traveller Research 2018, nearly half (46%) of travellers in South Africa are now using voice...

The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) will launch its government private cloud on 23 November. Cloud computing is widely acknowledged as key to driving the journey through the fourth industrial revolution, marked by the profund integration of technology into...

Cognity Advisory's Universities Business Challenge (UBC), sponsored by General Electric (GE) and launched in July this year, has seen 500 students from 13 different universities across South Africa participate in a business simulation competition that's designed to...

To get ahead of cyber adversaries, organisations will start to use more automation to combat threats. "We are seeing significant advances in cybercriminal tools and services which leverage automation and the precursors of artificial intelligence (AI)," says Derek...

IT security leaders in businesses across the globe are stuck with their hands behind their backs when it comes to fighting off cybercrime. They lack influence in the boardroom and find it hard to justify the budgets they need; inevitably making their businesses more...

Volumes dropped by nearly 5% in the EMEA smartphone market in the third quarter compared with the same quarter in 2017, but market value was up more than 10% over the year, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Total...

South Africa's Internet namespace has surpassed 1,2-million name registrations across all the second level domains (SLDs) registered and administered by the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR), namely co.za, web.za, net.za and org.za. ZACR is the administrator of South...

The prevalence of cybersecurity incidents and the growing concerns about any organisation's cybersecurity posture haven't done much to discourage many employees from engaging in poor security habits, a survey has found. Three in every four respondents admitted to...